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We have an opportunity for an experienced solicitor to join our Northern Ireland Casualty Injury team based in Belfast. Ideally we are looking for candidates with 3years PQE plus. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop a career with a market-leading law firm, with the successful candidates handling a varied caseload including all types of employers' liability, public liability, and disease claims. We advise insurers and corporate clients in the defence of claims of all values, types, and complexity. Our National team, whose clients are a mix of leading names in the insurance industry as well as household name corporates, deal with all aspects of defendant litigation, to include catastrophic injury, clinical negligence, motor, casualty, disease, product, professional negligence and health and safety. Increasingly, the team is getting involved in pre-emptive advice on these issues as well as dispute resolution.
Job Responsibility:
Running, and assisting with a varied case load of pre-litigation and litigated work. These will include cases where liability is disputed
Supervision responsibilities within the team
Hit, maintain and apply a consistent approach to all individual targets of financial performance, realisation rates, settlement rate and average claim spend
Support marketing and business development activity within the team e.g. attending marketing events and client training
Maintain an awareness of firm's procedures and strategies
Maintain and develop technical knowledge through attendance at training sessions, reading appropriate publications
Handling confidential information in line with the firm's data security protocols
Requirements:
3years PQE plus
keen interest and enthusiasm for employers and public liability personal injury defence litigation and disease claims to include NIHL and asbestos claims
ability to demonstrate experience in relation to Northern Ireland employers liability, public liability or disease claims
adopt a commercial perspective to legal issues with a concern for quality of service
confident communicator who can communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in written form
excellent organisational skills and able to effectively prioritise and manage own workload
detail conscious and able to produce work to a high standard
able to work on own initiative as well as to work with and learn from supervisors and other members of the department
team player with a flexible and self-motivated approach
alignment with the Firm's Cultural Principles (Clear, Creative, Determined and Supportive)
What we offer:
High levels of flexibility and a great work life balance
private medical insurance
income protection insurance
discounted gym membership
professional funding
in person and remote social events
opportunity to get involved in a range of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) activities